ch.aplu.android

Class GGCamera

java.lang.Object

ch.aplu.android.GGCamera

public class GGCamera
extends java.lang.Object

Singleton abstraction of the hardware camera.

You must add the following lines as second to last line in AndroidManifest.xml (the line before </manifest>):
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
android.hardware.Camera	getCamera() Returns the camera reference.
android.hardware.Camera.Parameters	getParameters()
java.lang.String	getProperties() Returns important camera properties as string information.
static GGCamera	open(android.app.Activity activity) Creates a GGCamera instance to access the hardware photo camera.
void	release() Releases camera resources for other applications.
android.graphics.Bitmap	takeSnapshot() Focuses the camera, takes a snapshot and returns the captured image.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

open

public static GGCamera open(android.app.Activity activity)

Creates a GGCamera instance to access the hardware photo camera. For backward compatibility only one camera is supported. To release the camera for other applications, release() should be called. Get/set camera parameters by calling getCamera().getParameters() / getCamera().setParameters(). See class Camera.Parameters for more information. See class android.hardware.Camera.Parameters for more information.

Returns:

a GGCamera reference or null, if no camera device is found

takeSnapshot

public android.graphics.Bitmap takeSnapshot()

Focuses the camera, takes a snapshot and returns the captured image. Blocks until the image is ready. To display the captured image, an Actor instance using the returned bitmap may be created and added to the game grid window. To save the bitmap to the sdcard, use GGPath.writeImageFile().

Returns:

the bitmap of the captured image

getCamera

public android.hardware.Camera getCamera()

Returns the camera reference. Previously the camera must be opened by calling init(). Used to get and set camera parameters (see android.hardware.camera for more information).

Returns:

the camera reference or null if the camera was not opened or is closed.

release

public void release()

Releases camera resources for other applications. Should be called as soon as the camera is not used anymore. You may open the camera again by calling init().

getParameters

public android.hardware.Camera.Parameters getParameters()

getProperties

public java.lang.String getProperties()

Returns important camera properties as string information.

Returns:

important camera properties